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Edward Boland

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 1, 1911 in Springfield, MA
Died: November 4, 2001 in Springfield, MA

Education:

  • Attended Boston College Law School

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1942-1946

Career:

  • Hampden County Register of Deeds, 1941-1942, 1946-1952

Elected Office:

  • MA House, 1934-1940


Election Results for Edward Boland


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1952 40 MA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 14,580 49.8%
1952 40 MA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 88,424 51.8%
1954 42 MA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 14,954 100.0%
1954 42 MA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 77,899 59.6%
1956 44 MA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 28,842 100.0%
1956 44 MA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 103,563 61.2%
1958 46 MA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 33,167 100.0%
1958 46 MA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 103,079 100.0%
1960 48 MA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 35,687 100.0%
1960 48 MA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 135,815 100.0%
1962 50 MA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 41,723 100.0%
1962 50 MA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 92,340 67.8%
1964 52 MA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 36,910 100.0%
1964 52 MA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 125,894 100.0%
1966 54 MA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 32,395 100.0%
1966 54 MA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 95,985 100.0%
1968 56 MA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 42,100 62.7%
1968 56 MA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 126,485 73.6%
1970 58 MA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 39,345 100.0%
1970 58 MA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 111,430 100.0%
1972 60 MA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 37,855 100.0%
1972 60 MA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 137,616 100.0%
1974 62 MA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 48,743 100.0%
1974 62 MA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 105,763 100.0%
1976 64 MA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 39,424 99.9%
1976 64 MA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 134,408 72.4%
1978 66 MA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 46,255 99.9%
1978 66 MA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 101,570 72.8%
1980 68 MA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 38,811 71.1%
1980 68 MA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 120,711 67.2%
1982 70 MA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 62,597 100.0%
1982 70 MA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 118,215 72.6%
1984 72 MA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 33,771 64.7%
1984 72 MA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 132,693 68.7%
1986 74 MA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 40,899 100.0%
1986 74 MA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 91,033 65.9%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for Edward Boland


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
1953 41 House 71 26 R 70 93 100
1954 42 House 77 20 R 61 32 89 89
1955 43 House 71 26 R 56 39 95 80
1956 44 House 59 38 R 71 24 95 86
1957 45 House 75 20 R 70 27 95 100
1958 46 House 65 32 R 78 20 94 100
1959 47 House 18 73 73 25 R 57 41 97 78
1960 48 House 21 68 67 27 R 60 35 95 89
1961 49 House 13 87 90 10 D 98 2 98 100 7
1962 50 House 12 81 89 7 D 87 5 88 100 0
1963 51 House 0 93 88 0 D 93 3 91 92 6
1964 52 House 17 83 74 11 D 85 8 88 92 0
1965 53 House 10 86 87 8 D 87 6 91 83 19
1966 54 House 3 95 86 1 D 82 6 81 100 0
1967 55 House 4 91 91 3 D 86 7 87 93 7
1968 56 House 4 75 72 6 D 71 8 77 83 5
1969 57 House 11 89 80 11 R 53 40 95 86 20
1970 58 House 23 66 81 15 R 74 22 93 88 17
1971 59 House 23 73 76 21 R 51 47 93 86 17
1972 60 House 13 82 83 11 R 54 41 88 69 0
1973 61 House 21 76 79 16 R 36 62 93 80 13
1974 62 House 21 64 72 12 R 55 42 87 70 10
1975 63 House 19 75 83 12 R 42 55 92 83 15
1976 64 House 20 75 89 7 R 25 75 93 79 6
1977 65 House 22 67 79 13 D 61 18 89 65 11
1978 66 House 18 74 75 15 D 70 16 92 50 8
1979 67 House 27 68 81 13 D 72 22 92 68 18
1980 68 House 24 68 84 11 D 72 21 89 78 5
1981 69 House 27 64 80 15 R 34 62 93 84 0
1982 70 House 37 60 86 7 R 39 56 88 80 10
1983 71 House 24 70 84 7 R 24 63 90 89 9
1984 72 House 25 68 78 7 R 37 53 88 79 18
1985 73 House 25 69 82 6 R 28 65 88 79 11
1986 74 House 22 62 82 2 R 20 71 83 78 5
1987 75 House 42 53 79 5 R 23 69 86 92 0
1988 76 House 16 71 81 5 R 22 69 87 89 4
Lifetime conservative rating:   9%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.